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Netflix’s “American Factory”, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company took home the award for best documentary at the 92nd Oscars. Sunday night’s award is the first Academy Award for the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground. The Obamas were not present at Sunday’s event but the film’s co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert were there to […]
Continue Reading70-year-old teacher, Tom Miller Privet, was arrested and charged for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old student in his classroom ‘ every day’ for three months at Terra Environmental Research Institute Magnet School. Police had reported that Privett, who was a history and government teacher at the school for 30 years, reportedly groomed the girl […]
Continue ReadingThe Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Bostaji is dead. The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria, which announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said that the envoy died in his sleep. “With the deepest sense of sadness and complete submission to the Will of Allah, the Royal Embassy announces the passing away […]
Continue ReadingTwo former Nigerian Presidents, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, met at the World Summit 2020, holding at Seoul, South Korea. Speaking after his meeting with Obasanjo, Jonathan said he was in Seoul to join the discussion on how to maintain world peace. On his Twitter page, Jonathan wrote: ”I was delighted […]
Continue ReadingAn emergency hospital that was constructed in seven days for the treatment of coronavirus patients in China has been completed. Engineers from across the country were reportedly brought in to help speed up construction. About 4,000 people reportedly worked day and night to build the hospital in seven days. China’s army has reportedly been given […]
Continue ReadingA man has been charged with the murders of two women who were found dead in a freezer in London. 35-year-old Zahid Younis was reportedly charged with murdering Mihrican Mustafa, 38, and Henriett Szucs, 34, nine months after they were found frozen at a property in Canning Town. According to the UK Sun, Henriett Szucs […]
Continue ReadingFollowing statement by a powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, calling for a “Million Man March,” by Iraqis to protest the presence of US soldiers on Iraqi soil, thousands of Iraqis marched through the streets of Baghdad Friday, calling for US soldiers to leave Iraq. Even though there was a heavy security presence along the […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Senate opened the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump with quiet ceremony Thursday — senators standing at their desks to swear an oath of “impartial justice” as jurors, House prosecutors formally reciting the charges and Chief Justice John Roberts presiding. The trial, only the third such undertaking in American history, is unfolding at the start […]
Continue ReadingA Ukrainian Boeing-737 plane with 180 people on board has crashed in Iran. It went down near an airport in the capital, Tehran, on Wednesday. The aircraft belonging to Ukraine International Airlines crashed just after take-off from Iran’s Imam Khomeini airport, according to Fars state news agency. The plane was reportedly en route to the […]
Continue ReadingSomalia’s Islamist group, al Shabaab has attacked a military base in Kenya that is being used by both the U.S. and Kenyan forces. The attack was reportedly carried out on Sunday, January 5, 2020, at the military base in Lamu county. A military source confirmed the attack to Reuters, saying: “They have attacked Manda airstrip […]
Continue ReadingPhilippine President, Rodrigo Duterte has banned two U.S senators from entering the country, and threatened to require all U.S citizens to apply for a visa, his spokesman said on Friday. Duterte immediately ordered the Bureau of Immigration to deny US Senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy entry to the Philipines, presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said. […]
Continue ReadingA Tanzanian court charged rights activist Tito Magoti with money laundering and other offences after holding him in custody for four days, the organisation for which he works said on Tuesday. Prosecutors in Kisuto court said Magoti and co-worker, Theodory Giyan, had been charged with leading organised crime, money laundering and possessing computer programmes designed […]
Continue ReadingThe United States has placed Nigeria and six other countries on the special watch list of states that had engaged in or tolerated the severe violation of religious freedom. Other countries listed in the SWL include Comoros, Russia, Uzbekistan, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Sudan. US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo announced this in a statement in […]
Continue ReadingA leading Christian magazine founded by late evangelist Billy Graham (father of key presidential supporter Franklin Graham) published an editorial on Thursday, December 19th calling for President Donald Trump to be removed from office and urging evangelicals not to support him. “Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election […]
Continue ReadingFollowing long hours of debate amongst US Lawmakers, Donald Trump has been impeached as the President of the United States after majority of the House voted on the articles of impeachment Wednesday night. In a historic move, the House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment against President Trump and lawmakers voted primarily along party […]
Continue ReadingA Pakistani special court trying the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, December 17, handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice, Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment. The court, in its short order […]
Continue ReadingDelphine Arnault, Bernard Arnault, Rihanna, and Alexandre Arnault at the Fenty launch in May 2019 in Paris. Julien Hekimian/Getty Images for Fenty Fashion is a $2.5 trillion global industry that has made its leading players, from designers and CEOs to founders and heiresses, very rich. Business Insider has compiled a list of the richest people in […]
Continue ReadingDemocratic leaders in the United States House of Representatives announced Tuesday that they will bring two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress to set in motion the third impeachment of a US president in history. The announcement marks the culmination of an intense, fast-moving […]
Continue ReadingNigeria-born American lawyer, David Ndudim, has been named as judge at the Sacramento County Superior Court of California, United States. Ndudim has a law office in Sacramento, California and has been licensed to practice law for 19 years. He handles cases in immigration and attended Lincoln Law School. In a congratulatory message, the CEO and […]
Continue ReadingThe world’s most expensive wrist watch has been sold at a Christie’s charity auction in Switzerland. The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime, which is one of the most complex timepieces ever crafted was bought for £24.2million (N11.2B) by a private telephone bidder at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva on Saturday (Nov.9), according to […]
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